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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
7: ...et Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] ...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]]) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...abeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (170...
3: ...jects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsko...
9: ...r earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...elf at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...s sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without res... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...d States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States Secreta...
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]...
24: ...to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [...
30: Monroe made strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, [[John C... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...n the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology...
12: ...ainted full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
23: ...'watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an opaque for...
29: Traditionally, watercolor paint is applied with brus... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ...uista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket ...
20: ...ites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: *[[1893]] - Introduction by [[Webb C. Ball]] of the General Railr... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...le [[building]], usually higher than 150 [[metre]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Mo...
7: ...tall buildings, some of which are well over 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential ...
9: ...e was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anothe...
15: ...on of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." d...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
48: ...st, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...eat Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
14: ... of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: ...ce]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
21: ...]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
22: ...[[Douglas MacArthur]], at [[Terowie]], [[South Australia]], makes his famous speech regarding the [[Ba... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
12: ...]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica...
18: ..., despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary powers of memory and mental calculation....
33: He made important contributions to the theory of [[differential equations...
49: ... is [[Euler's formula]], which establishes the central role of the
58: ... of the [[Euler-Maclaurin formula]] which is an extremely useful tool for calculation - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...ied with the question of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of [[science]], and asking...
7: ... Available methods of communication have improved tremendously over time. Instead of waiting months or...
9: ...f nations and institutions of stature), but also strongly segregated into different fields of study. T...
15: ...y countries has been met with an increase of industrial and private investment. The funding of science...
25: *[[Poetry]] and [[rhyme]] allowed people to remember memor...
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